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Abraham Lincoln

January 16, 2018|Lauren Kristin|Printed & Manuscript African Americana

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

On March 29 we will offer Printed & Manuscript African Americana, an array of material that encompasses a wide range of the African-American experience, from letters by Frederick Douglass to his…

May 30, 2017 | Art Press & Illustrated Books

A Personal Collection of Bernhardt Wall Books

Bernhardt Wall was an American illustrator active in the first half of the twentieth century. A selection of fine, early or test examples of his work were given to his…

December 19, 2016 | Swann

Records & Results: Fall 2016

Fall 2016 has been a successful season at Swann. In 13 sales, we set more than 50 auction records and offered 4,497 lots, including a rediscovered illustration by Dr. Seuss, a…

November 11, 2016 | Autographs

Records & Results: Autographs

On November 1, a mere nine days before the American Presidential election, we offered an autograph album signed by 18 presidents, starting with Abraham Lincoln and ending with Barack Obama.…

October 14, 2016 | Autographs

Over a Century of Presidents on a Single Page

Enjoy this video of Swann Galleries’ Autographs Specialist, Marco Tomaschett describing a Civil War-era autograph album full of presidents in our Autographs sale on November 1. The album contains…

March 10, 2015 | Autographs

An Exceptional Autograph Album That Was Made to Be Sold

One item in our upcoming auction is an album of autographs compiled to be sold for charity. During the American Civil War, and especially in the years 1863-64, civilians in…

May 12, 2014 | Autographs

Marco Tomaschett: Snippets of History

Marco Tomaschett, Swann Galleries’ Autographs specialist, wrote this piece about clipped autographs, which appeared in Antiques & Auction News last week. Here is his piece in its entirety: Since there are few…

March 13, 2013 | Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Notes from the Catalogue: Wyatt Houston Day on the Emancipation Proclamation

Reading the Emancipation Proclamation, steel engraving by J.W. Watts, Connecticut, 1864. “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” declares the extraordinary document brought…

Abraham Lincoln

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